Okay, so it was the second-most important victory in the country last night. I'll take it.
[recap] [box score]
Didn't get to watch anything but the final minute of this one -- the apartment where I was watching the election results come in also had NBATV, so I caught the waning moments -- but I love everything about the box score. The big game by Ray. Perk badly outplaying Yao. Rondo's Jason Kidd-like stat line. Nine points off the bench from Big Baby (it looks like Powe might have gotten into some foul trouble?)
Anyone panicking after the debacle in Indy over the weekend was obviously overreacting, but a win like this one has to be reassuring to even those who brushed off that ugly loss to the Pacers. This early in the season, with question marks surrounding the bench and a team that hadn't yet hit its stride offensively, a loss like Saturday's can make you a wee bit nervous. The next time we play a game like that -- and over the course of an 82-game season, there will be a few nights where nothing seems to go right -- let's make a point to remember this victory. It's proof that, even without Posey and another year of tread on the tires, we're still by and large the same team that won big game after big game last year.
We're in Oklahoma City to face the FormerSonics and Kevin Durant (8 p.m. Eastern). No national TV for this one, but I think NBA League Pass free preview is still running, and for those of you without satellite TV or digital cable, League Pass Broadband's free preview runs to Nov. 11, so you can catch the game online (like I'll be doing).
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